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Hareys Hit the Olympic Stadium
10th May 2012
Many of the Hare & Hounds were in action at this weekend’s BUCS Athletics Championships, the official test event for the 2012 Olympic Games.
With spectacular performances from everyone involved, the atmosphere and the venue spurred the Light Blues on to a bunch of PBs—Oxford, take note!
Particular highlights include Emily Dudgeon’s medal-winning performance in the 800m final: an incredible PB of 2:06.36 in Emily’s first race of the season meant she earned a silver medal! Rebecca Moore took 4th place in an extremely competitive field in the 10,000m final with an incredible PB of 35:10.74. Rose Penfold ran an 800m PB of 2:15.75 which qualified her for one of the tightly-contested spots in the semi-finals. Polly Keen finished in 5th place in the 2k Steeplechase final with a time of 7:00.72, an amazing accolade made even more impressive by the fact this was done whilst battling a chronic injury!
Hare & Hounds men’s team dominated in the 3k chase, with both of Cambridge’s competitors, Matt Grant and Tom Watkins, qualifying for the final. Sadly Matt was forced to pull out with an injury, and we all wish him a very speedy recovery. Tom ran a PB of 9:43.41, placing 11th in the final. Chris Bannon’s PB of 14:39.09 in the 5,000m earned him a spot in the final, where he finished 11th overall. Will Mackay represented Hare & Hounds in the 10,000m, running an 31:59 to place 14th overall in the final.
Saturday’s results include two very quick performances over 5,000m with Robin Brown running 15:18.19 (PB), and Sam Ashcroft 15:39.30. Jocelyn Trayler-Clarke ran a massive PB of 7:29.99 to finish 1st in her heat and 11th overall in the 2k chase. Freshers Lloyd Hilton and Annabel Shepherd-Baron represented CUAC in the middle distance events (800m and 1500m, respectively). Friday, Joanna Mobed ran the 5,000m with a PB of 19:30.98.
Well done to the competitors, and a BIG thank you to everyone who came out to support! Roll on, Varsity!
London Marathon
22nd April 2012
A very worthwhile day out for Cambridge, as we managed two very convincing victories over the other place.Congratulations to the mens winning team of Will Mackay, James Chettle, Peter Gould, Will Grant, Seb Falk and Tom Milburn for a fantastic run! Even if we discount James for failing to wear a proper timing chip, we still gain the title so it really shows what a strong field we had out there on the day.
In the womens event, the fact that we had twice the Oxford field on the day was a great sign, and we really dominated with superb runs from Sarah Nicholas and Holly Weaver.
MEN
Will Mackay - 2.33.58
James Chettle - 2.36
Ant Walsh - 2.52.24
Liam Richardson - 2.54.07
Pete Gould - 2.58.13
William Grant - 3.08.11
Seb Falk - 3.09.01
Thomas Milburn - 03.13.39
Josh Radvan - 3.20.37
Edward Lee-Six - 3.34.55
Cambridge won 15.05.02 - 15.48.54
WOMEN
Sarah Nicholas - 3.28.52
Holly Weaver - 3.31.54
Sarah Nordhagen - 3.44.17
Tamsin Owen - 3.49
Cambridge won 7.00.46 - 7.56.49
Victory in Hyde Park Relays!
6th March 2012
Our men’s and women’s teams both travelled down to Hyde Park yesterday to compete in these prestigious relays. I’m pleased to report wins for both teams (not too hot on my statistics and club history but I’m sure that hasn’t happened for a reasonable while!) against some very decent opposition. Particular well done to Polly who ran the fastest ladies’ leg of the day! The depth of the men’s team should also be praised as all 6 times were very consistent on a testing course!Women’s Team (4 x 3.4 km)
Leg 1) Joanna Mobed – 14:04
Leg 2) Polly Keen – 11:55
Leg 3) Rose Penfold – 12:53
Leg 4) Alice Duncan – 14:07
Men’s Team (6 x 5.2 km)
Leg 1) Alex Young – 16:40
Leg 2) Ben Davis – 16:25
Leg 3) Sam Ashcroft – 16:40
Leg 4) Tom Watkins – 16:32
Leg 5) Will Mackay – 16:25
Leg 6) Will Ryle-Hodges – 16:12
Photo: The victorious CUHH teams!
BUCS Results from Cardiff
14th February 2012
Cambridge University Hare and Hounds travelled to Cardiff last weekend for the British Universities Cross Country Championships with high expectations. The frozen solid ground and extreme lack of hills didn’t resemble your typical cross country course, however neither this, nor the consistently falling snow, fazed the hardy light blue runners.Following their fantastic Varsity victory in December and a 4th place team finish in 2011, the Cambridge men’s A team had high hopes of displaying their distance running pedigree against the rest of Britain’s institutions. Over the 10.6 km race, the silver medallist from Varsity, Robin Brown was the first Cambridge finisher in 34th backed up by extremely decent performances in a very strong field from Will Ryle-Hodges (37th), Will Mackay (47th) and Tom Watkins (55th) to form the scoring quartet. St Mary’s took the overall team title with Cambridge finishing in a very creditable 5th place; to walk away disappointed from finishing just outside the medals is testament to the team’s current strength and depth.
As the snow continued to flurry, the women were next to race over 7.4 km. With several of Cambridge’s top female athletes missing due to illness and injury, the Light Blues were disadvantaged in the team stakes, however the spirit of the light blue ladies was unquestionable. Individual highlights were Fiona Hughes finishing in a very solid 68th and Polly Keen’s 51st place in spite of many recent injury problems.
Last off was the Men’s 8.1 km B race (though the standard definitely defied the race title!) giving Cambridge ample opportunity to exhibit the depth within the club at the moment. Matt Grant made a very welcome return to racing after injury finishing in 34th place and leading the light blues home, with Cambridge’s B and C teams finished 12th and 20th respectively. Factoring in the multiple teams from St Mary’s and Loughborough, it was impressive to note that only 4 institutions were able to field a stronger second team than Cambridge on this day.
Photo: Robin Brown battles it out in snowy conditions in the Men's A Race.
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